The Hidden Power of Illustrator CS
Chapter One
Core Terms and Concepts
Any Illustrator user who plans to make graphics for the Web needs to be aware of some
basic ideas and options. For example, you must take into account how you control the
space for a graphic in an HTML document, what file formats are available to you, and how
download time affects the site visitor's experience. Within Illustrator itself, you can choose
among various ways of putting graphics into a web page. Which workflow you use will
affect the choices you make as you create graphics. We'll refer to these issues throughout
the book. If you already have a clear sense of them, consider skipping ahead to Chapter 2,
"Essential Illustrator Tools and Techniques."
This chapter covers the following topics:
Graphic space in HTML
File formats
Transfer times
Color issues
Using Illustrator in a web workflow
Web Terms and Concepts
This section introduces the core issues involved in working with graphics in HTML pages:
how graphics can be placed on a page, the various web file formats, download times, and
the "web-safe" color limitations.
Graphic Space in HTML
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